A Hobby of Murder

In this classic cozy mystery a retired botany professor visits an English country manor house where a dinner party turns into a hunt for a killer. The irresistible Andrew Basnett series may have been written in the 1980s and 90s but its soul lies with the classic crime fiction of the 1930s. Here for example isA Hobby of Murder with its setting atwait for ita classic country-house party that staple of the Golden Age. Rounding out the guest list are among others a mystery writer a lawyer with a reason to dislike him a doctor a retired teacher with a passion for photography and the lord of the local manor keen amateur chef Sam Waldronso keen that he has recreated an 18th-century dinner. His skills may not match his ambition but he didnt mean to poison the coffee. Oh no? The local police inspector isnt so sure but in the finest Golden Age tradition hes rather an idiot so when the bodies start piling up its a good thing that Basnett is on hand to sort things out!